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McCain: GOP Lawmakers Who 'See Weakness' May Challenge Trump in 2020
Newsmax ^ | 5 Aug 2017 | Wanda Carruthers

Posted on 08/05/2017 4:29:43 PM PDT by mandaladon

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Republican candidates with their eyes on a White House run may be seriously considering the prospect of challenging President Donald Trump in 2020 because they "see weakness," The Hill reported Saturday.

"They see weakness in this president," McCain told The New York Times. "Look, it's not a nice business we're in."

The Times reported Saturday that Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Ben Sasse of Nebraska, GOP Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and even Vice President Mike Pence could be laying the groundwork for a White House run in 2020.

McCain hasn't been shy about criticizing the president and has broken ranks with Trump as well as fellow Republicans on key issues. Most recently, he voted against the Senate GOP's "skinny" Obamacare repeal bill and on Thursday lambasted the president over his handling of the war in Afghanistan.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
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To: mandaladon

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Republican candidates with their eyes on a White House run may be seriously considering the prospect of challenging President Donald Trump in 2020

If America is lucky, McCain will be long gone before then.


81 posted on 08/05/2017 6:57:26 PM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: GoldenPup

Good indication that the cancer is already affecting his mental processes. As time passes, he will become more irrational.


82 posted on 08/05/2017 7:06:45 PM PDT by damper99
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To: mandaladon
"They see weakness in this president," McCain told The New York Times. "Look, it's not a nice business we're in."

And unprincipled scoundrels like McCain who pretend to be conservative and block real conservatives from office are one big reason why it's not a nice business.
83 posted on 08/05/2017 7:52:29 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: mandaladon

What a joke. If Trump survives the attacks against him from so many angles, “weak” is about the last thing I’d call him.


84 posted on 08/05/2017 8:48:54 PM PDT by libertylover (In 2016 small-town America got tired of being governed by people who don't know a boy from a girl.)
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To: libertylover

Will this sick moron mclame have a hospice wedding with maxine waters. They are intertwined souls. Complete losers and human debris .


85 posted on 08/06/2017 6:38:25 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: nikos1121

He’ll be dead by 2020. Sad.


86 posted on 08/06/2017 6:45:59 AM PDT by SaraJohnson ( Whites must sue for racism. It's pay day.)
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To: LeeClementineKenny

Yeah, right. Send your candidate to WV and let’s see the reception they get.


87 posted on 08/06/2017 7:46:32 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Rudy Guiuliani for Head of FBI)
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To: mandaladon

We saw “weakness” for the nomination in 2008 too; little good it did us. Thanks, AZ!


88 posted on 08/07/2017 7:02:01 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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To: willk

No federal official can be recalled: it’s not in the Constitution.


89 posted on 08/07/2017 7:02:34 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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To: Theodore R.

Now a state like WI can hold a “recall election” for a congressman, but it is meaningless.


90 posted on 08/07/2017 7:03:14 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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To: GoldenPup

He must be thinking of another Pete McCloskey presidential campaign for 2020.


91 posted on 08/07/2017 7:04:20 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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To: Snickering Hound

If anyone can defy brain cancer, it is the brain-damaged senator from AZ.


92 posted on 08/07/2017 7:08:04 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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